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notetaker that uses the filesystem and has powerful search?
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Posted by urlwolf
Sep 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM
The one notetaker that I know where each note is a file is aignes’ AM-noteboom (http://aignes.com/notebook.htm). However the search function is poor.
Does anyone know any notetaker/PIM that uses the filesystem and has powerful search?
It must show a list of hits as I type, with the matches in the text highlighted (like evernote does).
File format doesn’t matter, rtf, html is fine.
I want to use the filesystem because, together with wuala, this should be useful for collaboration. A shared wuala folder, with notifications when someone adds or edits a file, is a very nice way to work together.
Posted by MrBertie
Oct 21, 2011 at 09:50 AM
I’ve been trying both ResophNotes and Zim Desktop Wiki; both have the ability to work with plain text files as their storage, and good full-text search too as you request. See what you think.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM
Agree about AM-Notebook - potentially very good, but search is slo-o-o-ow.
Another great solution is KeepNote (freebie). Stores notes as separate HTML files, so you can have quite sophisticated notes. The basic search function is actually pretty quick, but you can accelerate it still further by installing SQLite (details on website: rasmuss.org). It’s also a cross-platform app, but has a remarkably small footprint.
Many text editors also allow you to work directly with records in the file system. The obvious example is NoteTab (I use it alongside WriteUp on my iOS devices to synchronise notes rapidly between PC and iPad/iPhone via good ole’ Dropbox), but there are plenty of others, too (check out alternativeto.net for lots more ideas; use e.g. UltraEdit as a starting point).
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:26 PM
I like Zim, but I haven’t encountered ResophNotes - and I find it supports Markdown! Very interesting. Could revolutionize my fast, cross-platform note-taking experience!
Cheers,
Bill
Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 21, 2011 at 12:30 PM
Actually, that’s very nearly absolutely perfect! ResophNotes finds all my WriteUp notes without problems - doesn’t recognise folders, but does drill down into subfolders and show all text notes. And it’s got a nice little search function (rather better than WriteUp’s, in fact).
What a great find! Thanks very much!